Pneumatic wheel.



PATBNTED NOV. 27, 1906.

G. H. TREADGOLD. PNEUMATIG WHEEL.

APPLIOATION FILED DEG.16,1905.

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Appicato nacemos? 1.6.1995. Sea No. 292,061.

To 0535 whom t H2/1y wmf-WLM.' @mies of tanffenf .ly-dianosed springs i8 are it k* own that L H. iabzaposied. ende of Said springs GOLD, a ,citizen of Umtec States, and a ye Wope-y aol to te yoda 7, as by eo: roei-.t the Jl y o ort Huron, St. Car eil-ding a semfe on the fed., While their 6e 5 count Y, State 0 Megax, have invented outer ends are 'fastened to oynde-ange eermul new and useu rilpljovemente in 1?., each paix of springs being opposed by a Pneumatic /Vheels, of which the ollowng corresponding pair :mdthe parte being so aiuH, dear, and. exact speeeaton. disposed that any' torsional effort of the 'Ihs'imfeutolo reatesto pneuumtewhees, paas is resisted by the spinge in unison, 65 1o and espeoay to means' for @ting the While radial oselatone are taken @are of by tosona sta'i dieety to the Tim o2" the pne'matie tube. f

Without undue wear upon the pneumatic The ',ran.smision of". the torsional attain member ol' the .vhee. A through the tewoos by the .springs at a The invention consists in the here point outsthe p1 @um atie tubereheves the im ina-iter set i'olth, ano 'more panioualy atterfrom grea' pat of the Wo1k,'asthe pointed out in the appended claims. leveage of the springs s'greate than. that of' T11 the dmwings, Fig" :re l View in side the tube. elevation, Withparts broken away, of a Whee The Whee is aoaptec resist sdethust, embodying the features of the invention. the construction causes Such stock to be '755 2o 2 is a' in ol'osseetlon through the taken so the ey'. they the wheel-hub on 2 2 of 1.. Entier. v

Referring' to the drawings, l rep?. lomp' det.v of consti vehicle-axle on 'Woh tV fithout de 'y mountedand Securedin any the invention, an@ do not z5 A hubZ is journaled okeye Fatoe ,A m arrangement o l at its inner end a ciirou oithn certain ofthe appenfed margin is turned. toward the ha; forms an annule? Hang@ 4. A. of ixgy-shapod Hangs, 5 is removej zo on the outer end of the hub, its rin.: "with the hub-@etage 4 and being; a te'rva thorofom by purality o rods 7, 'Whie pass through the im? 'near its naar,h in and aie'provfed W 'feel eompeng a hub 85 "th 'aed npe hav @ange Having 1 ange-m, reethos end of hub an intel-v f l. t L ed Sang@ by te- 9o Tode "trough Sai {laag-es near their nmgins, a poeumatio tube eneizoing said heb between the angee, a ejfnder ene-:io ding; said tube having a 'flange projecting; betwoo'n. and bevond said hubanges, and 95 4.o against and have sliding Contact W having sliding ngagemeut with its and and teor faces of' the hub-'Hamaca 5. ila i fr faces my the aog'e and, Tim aees of cylinder." 11. is provided with a oent'ay-dsthe hub; simi oylindermgo being sogoflonM posed flange 12, Whose (1' mxeter is e@ ne tay slotted, and opposed tangential springs greater than the diameter ot' the .hu'i'n-Langes secured in tension beto' m the oy1inder me 45 and Whose sides are parallel to the end feces ange and its tewods, adapted to center of the cylinder and are a5 t. to bear Saidrosintm iangaslots. against and have sng contact with the .n- Z. A pneumatic wiee comprising a hub, a nel* margins of the rime and f5, eoaanoe flange integral t'wewith at the inner end, being afforded 'for the a1an1p.ir1g-izode 7 by having an. intim-ned almua rim, a Range 105 5o suitably-disposed sognwnta lots M. The having an intmmd rim mating' with Said outer face 'l5 of' the 'Range tZ ie autabj; mow 'first rim, Temovaby secured on the hub at tised for the reception ox" spokes 1G. which, :m interval from Said 'xed Hanqe by tie-rods vwith the folly 17, eompeto the wheel. secured to Said .Ganges near their margins, a

To assist the puoun'latio tubo in homing; pneumatic tube encieling said hub between H0 55 Vthe parts in their proper wat-on and to rethe {langes} a ejyiuder encircling Said tube, tmntherods'? to thecenterofthosots14, a whose ond tacos have Sicing engagement supports a cylinder W'xose em?.

with the inner faces of the l1ub-flenges, a l flange on said cylinder extending netweeni and beyond said hub-flanges and bearing! laterally againsty the rime of said lmb-langes, l provided with segmental slots, and opposed tangential springs seeurefl in tension. between the cylinder-'flange und tie-reds, adapted te 'i Center Said rods in said Segment-al slots.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, 1n the presence of the subscrlbmg W it o messes, tlns 14th (lay of November, A. D.v

GEORGE H. TREADGOLD. Witnesses:

S. EVELAND, C. R. STIOKNEY. 

